Garment



Feb.25, 1930. J. R. MARITIN 1,748,890

GARMENT I Filed May 29, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l- J. R. MARTIN Feb. 25, 1930.

GARMENT ile y 2 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 25, 1930 JESSIE It. MARTIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PARAMOUNT INDUSTRIES,

" IN 0., A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS This invention relates to two-part outer garments for women, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a new and useful combination of jacket and skirt members v so arranged that the skirt member may have the ordinary appearance of a skirt to give a jacket or coat suit effect, and also capable of being so arranged as to have the garment open from top to bottom throughout the front thereof to give a complete coat eifect.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it of course being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details may be made, within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment employing the features of the present invention with the skirt member arranged to give a true skirt effect.

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating the skirt adjusted to produce an open front effect from top to bottom of the garment.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view looking at the inner side of the garment and illustrating the preferred form of detachable connection between the. sln'rt and the jacket.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional "view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3. v Figure 5 is a side elevation of the upper band portion of the skirt member looking at 40 the inner side of the skirt.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view looking at the inner side of the garment with one end. of the skirt member folded back against and secured to the inner side of the garment to give the eflfect shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. I

Figure 8 is a detail plan section of the garment taken immediately above the waist line of the skirt and showing the skirt adjusted to give the effect of Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a detail sectional view similar to Figure 4 showing a modified connection between the skirt and the jacket.

The garment of the present invention includes a coat or jacket member 1 of any preferred design or pattern, and a skirt member 2 detachably connected to the bottom edge of the jacket in the manner well shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings and preferably by means of the so-called snap fasteners.

In Figure 9 of the drawings, there has been illustrated the simplest form of detachable connection between the jacket 1 and the skirt 2 consisting of a snap fastener, one element 05 3 of which, preferably the socket member, having a button head is provided upon the band portion 4 of the skirt so as to engage with the projection member 5 suitably secured to the lower edge portion 6 of the acket member. 7

In Figures 3 and 4, there has been illustrated the preferred form of detachable connection between the jacket and the skirt, and

this connection includes a band 7 secured to I the inner side of the jacket adjacent but somewhat above the bottom edge thereof and strongly secured thereto as by means of rows of stitches 8 extending longitudinally of the band. The band, of course, extends throughout substantially the entire width of the lower edge of the jacket. Depending from the lower edge of this band is a series of tabs 9, which are entirely free from the body portion of the jacket 1, and are preferably 35 pointed or V-shaped. The upper edge of the skirt 2 is provided with a band 10 to give thickness and strength to the garment and thereby enable it to effectually carry the members of the snap fastenings. This skirt band is engaged with the tabs 9 so that one set of alternate tabs lie on the exterlor of the skirt and the other series of alternate tabs lie upon the inner side of the skirt, the tabs being provided with fastener elements to cooperate with the fastener elements on the skirt to thereby securely and effectually connect the sln'rt to the jacket. By having the tabs disposed alternately on opposite sides of the top edge of the skirt, the latter will hang 1n a satisfactory manner from the jacket. As shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, a socket fastener member 11 is provided upon one of the'tabs 9 and the projection fastener member 12 is provided upon the band 10 of the skirt. This arrangement is followed in such of the tabs 9 as lie at the inner side of the skirt. It will of course be understood that the reverse arrangement of fastener elements is employed where the tab 9 lies at the outer side of the skirt, that is to say the socket member 11 will be upon the skirt band 10 and the projection member will be upon the tab.

By referring to Figure 8 of the drawings,

it will be seen that the skirt is provided at one upright edge with a flap or fold 13, which may be extended across the front of the garment around to one side thereof so as to give the complete skirt efiect as shown in Figure 3o 1 of the drawings. This flap 13 may be folded back, as indicated in Figures 2 and 7 so that the skirt will be divided in front along the vertical line of the divided front part of the jacket so as to give a coat effect to the combination garment. It will of course be understood that the snap fasteners on the skirt and on the jacket are so arranged that the upper edge portion of the skirt may be secured to the jacket in each of its adjusted'positions.

When the flap 13 is adjusted as in Figures 1 and 8 to give a complete skirt efl'ect open at one side, the flap is adjustably secured at its upper edges by means of the fastener elements 14 provided at the top edge of the flap and engaged with the projection members 15 'provided upon the exterior of the upper edge portion of the skirt. In other words, the flap 13 of the skirt is secured along its upper edge portion to the upper edge portion of that part of the skirt which it overlaps.

To give the coat efiect, shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, the upper edge of the flap 13 is disconnected and then the flap is folded inwardly against the inner side of the skirt, as best shown in Figure 7 of the drawings along the fold line indicated at 16 in Figure 5 of the drawings. It will here be explained that the dotted line 16 is not a row of stitches or any other structural feature, but is merely a line to indicate Where the flap 13 is folded to give the coat effect of Figure 2.

To enable the securing of the flap in this folded position, the top edge of the flap is cut away, as well shown in Figures 3, 5 and 7, or in other words, the flap terminates short of the top edge of the major portion of the skirt, so that the fastener members 14 may .coo erate with the fastener elements 17 provided upon the band 10 of the skirt and disposed below the other fastener elements included for detachably connecting the skirt to the folded back and secured in place in the man-' ner shown in Fi ure 7 so asto give the coat eflect shown in igure 2 of the drawings.

What is claimed is:

1. A womans combination outer garment, comprising a jacket and a divided skirt separate therefrom, one upright edge portion of the skirt having a-flap occupying a position lapping the opposite edge portion of the skirt to produce a complete skirt effect, and said flap also capable of being folded back against the inner side of theskirt to produce a vertical opening in the skirt, the garment being provided with means for detachably securing the flap in each of its adjusted positions.

2. A combination garment of the character described, comprising a jacket and a divided skirt, detachable fasteners securing the skirt to the jacket, one upright edge portion of the skirt having a flap capable of occupying a position lapping the opposite edge portion of the skirt to produce a complete skirt effect,

- said flap also capable of being folded back against the inner side of the skirt to produce a vertical opening in the skirt, detachable fastening means for securing the upper edge of the flap to the upper edge of the skirt in each of the adjusted positions of the flap.

3; A combination garment of the character described, comprising a jacket and a divided skirt, one upright edge portion of the skirt having a flap capable of occupying a position lapplng the opposite edge portion of the skirt to produce a complete skirt effect, and

said flap also capable of being folded back against the inner side of the skirt to produce a vertical opening in the skirt, snap fasteners on the jacket and the skirt for detachably connecting the jacket and skirt, and other snap fasteners on the skirt for detachably securing the flap in each of its adjusted posiopposite sides of the skirt, complementary snap fasteners on the tabs and the skirt, one upright edge rtion of the skirt having a flap capable o occupying a position lapping the opposite edge portion of the skirt to produce a com lete skirt efiect, said flap also capable of being folded back against the inner side of the skirt to produce a verticalopening in the skirt, the upper edge of the skirt be ng provided with eomfiilementary snap fasteners for securing the up in each ofits adjusted positions. .o JESSIE R. MARTIN. 

